Milani Amore Matte Lip Crème - Gorgeous (0.22 Fl. Oz.) Cruelty-Free Nourishing Lip Gloss with a Full Matte Finish

I am obsessed and have been for YEARS. If anyone, anywhere, at any time were to ask me who my best friend, ride-or-die, love of my life is, I wouldn’t say my husband, I’d say Milani Satin Lip Crème. Does this make me insane? Yes, clinically and happily. It glides on like other brands commercials want you to think theirs does, but they’re liars. I’ve tried those other brands, yet this is the only liquid lip I keep in my car, purse, at work - you name a place, I’ve left a quarter-full tube of this there. The color is perfect, my two go-to’s are 01 and 02, but the red is also phenomenal. It stays on 12+ hours, after three to four drinks and a Taco Bell Beefy Five Layer Burrito I am only doing a slight touch up - if at all. The consistency and applicator make it so I don’t have to use a lip liner, and it doesn’t bleed whatsoever. I’m ending the day with as many compliments as at the beginning, so yeah Milani, I’m in love with you. * You can find Part 2 of Milani and I’s love story in the reviews of their Conceal + Perfect Foundation.

I was on the fence about this color because it looks super purple in the pictures but ya know what? I really dig it! It’s definitely darker than anything I normally wear, but when I put it on my husband said my lips looked luscious and ran in to put his face on my face for smooches. YES PLEASE! We’ve been together 12 years and he’s never even used the WORD luscious, let alone used it to describe my face pillows.😍 I’m pretty stoked if I do say so myself. The deets on this lippy. It’s kind of a deep purplish red on me, there is a lot in the tube, it glides on effortlessly, it’s not overly drying on my lips and it dries like paint but not in a bad way. I mean that it’s basically like shellacking your lips with color because this stuff does not come off. It’s not only smudge proof, it’s almost make out proof as well! I say almost because I did leave some faint smooch stains on my Mr.’s face, but out of all the lipsticks I’ve tried thus far, it’s the most smudge proof. Even compared to my Fenty mattes! I’m literally shocked. I also like that I didn’t have to use a lipliner. Omg it’s so easy to get a sharp lip outline with this! No blotting needed btw. The only annoying part about this lippy is that it’s stupid hard to remove. I mean I used jojoba, various toners, and straight up isopropyl alcohol but there was STILL a little hint of color on my lips. I actually had to have my husband reformulate the CBD toner we make so I could finally take this stuff off with one cotton pad instead of using 20 and scrubbing my lips until they are on fire and I look like someone punched me in the mouth. I didn’t take off a star though because, I mean, if I want a lipstick that doesn’t smudge, it stands to reason that it’s gonna be like removing old paint to get it off. Gotta take a little bad with the good ya know? I took a couple of pics close up and farther away so you can see what it looks like on a chocolate gal. I probably should have posted better ones but it was late, I was about to take off my makeup and tired as all get out so I figured as long as I at least attempted modesty by covering my décolletage, we’re good.🤷🏽‍♀️ It’s the lips that are important anyway!🤪 I know that lipstick can look different on different skin tones, so I always try to post a pic for other darker skinned women so ya can have an idea of what it looks like on darker skin..🤓 As always no filters or flash, just my big ole face on display with only my bathroom lights on.🥴 I love this lipstick and I bought it in 5 other colors, hopefully they will all work out for me!🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽 ***UPDATE **** The other colors I bought are AWESOME! Especially Amore. I included 2 pics of that color because it’s glorious. It’s this brilliant , almost femme fatale comic book heroine red and I.am.LOVING.it. I feel like I should be fighting crime in a tricked out moserati or something! It’s more drying than the other lippies in this line, but it’s still pretty great. Also, if you are struggling between obsession and gorgeous, may I suggest you try obsession? They are both very similar colors on my African American skin but obsession has more firepower and is more highly pigmented. Gorgeous is like it’s shy 2nd cousin.

It's a perfect lip liner for my dark lips. Blends with pink really cute. Nice matte finish didn't take long to dry.

My favorite lip stain. Lasts all day. Beautiful color 🤎

I really like this Milani matte lip creme in red. It's a vibrant cherry red. It also dries and stays on for hours without smudging. The only downside is that it's so matte that it dries the lips. Although it looks great on its own, it also looks good with a little lip gloss on top which moistens the lips and puffs them up a bit, giving a more sultry look.

Lovely! Its a dark velvety burgundy-red, which is the color I was hoping for! It goes on silky and the color sets quick, which I didn't realize that it was a matte lipgloss when I purchased it (even though its in the name). It didn't feel drying and its mostly transfer proof, so if you need to take it off you'll need some cleanser or oil (I used vitamin e) to take off completely. Its nice (and lucky) to actually get the color you expect with only an image for reference, such a bonus!

Nice color very good quality

I bought the color PRECIOUS when they still sold it in stores .. all time favorite liquid lipstick, my go to! To my surprise they stopped selling it in stores so I bought it off here, Amazon. Something about this liquid lipstick was off to me. First, it wasn’t sealed when it arrived. Second, the color was very different than the one I had bought in store. It dried darker, the one I bought in store dried pinkier. Third, it was VERY drying. And lastly and most disappointing, it lasted me like a month WTF. It literally dried out inside the bottle, that’s never happened with the one I had bought in store. This led me to believe that the product was used and opened before it ever got to me or it wasn’t filled up fully because how?! Next time, I’ll order it directly from the Milani site.